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Red herrings (Posted on 2006-12-19)

This text conceals an important question!

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See The Solution Submitted by Federico Kereki

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Comment 7 of 7 |

"WHAT IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING FALSE CLUES?", and the answer is, clearly, "RED HERRINGS".

Posted by K Sengupta on 2023-04-11 21:32:40

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